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1 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind. As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.
2 His disciples asked him, |Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Did he or his parents sin?| And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, |Neither this man nor his parents sinned. Instead, he was born blind so that God could show what he can do for him. Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
4 We must do what the one who sent me wants us to do while it is day. The night when no one can do anything is coming. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
5 As long as I'm in the world, I'm light for the world.| As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and mixed the spit with dirt. Then he smeared it on the man's eyes Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.
7 and told him, |Wash it off in the pool of Siloam.| ([Siloam] means |sent.|) The blind man washed it off and returned. He was able to see. and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
8 His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, |Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?| The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some of them said, |He's the one.| Others said, |No, he isn't, but he looks like him.| But the man himself said, |I am the one.| Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” Some claimed that he was. Others said, “No, he only looks like him.” But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10 So they asked him, |How did you receive your sight?| So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 He replied, |The man people call Jesus mixed some spit with dirt, smeared it on my eyes, and told me, 'Go to Siloam, and wash it off.' So I went there, washed it off, and received my sight.| He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
12 They asked him, |Where is that man?| The man answered, |I don't know.| They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.” “Where is this man?” they asked him. “I don’t know,” he said.
13 Some people brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14 The day when Jesus mixed the spit and dirt and gave the man sight was a day of worship. Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath.
15 So the Pharisees asked the man again how he received his sight. The man told the Pharisees, |He put a mixture of spit and dirt on my eyes. I washed it off, and now I can see.| So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees said, |The man who did this is not from God because he doesn't follow the traditions for the day of worship.| Other Pharisees asked, |How can a man who is a sinner perform miracles like these?| So the Pharisees were divided in their opinions. Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided.
17 They asked the man who had been born blind another question: |What do you say about the man who gave you sight?| The man answered, |He's a prophet.| So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
18 Until they talked to the man's parents, the Jews didn't believe that the man had been blind and had been given sight. The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents.
19 They asked his parents, |Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? Why can he see now?| and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
20 His parents replied, |We know that he's our son and that he was born blind. His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind.
21 But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. You'll have to ask him. He's old enough to answer for himself.| But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.”
22 (His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. The Jews had already agreed to put anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ out of the synagogue. (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.
23 That's why his parents said, |You'll have to ask him. He's old enough.|) Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24 So once again the Jews called the man who had been blind. They told him, |Give glory to God. We know that this man who gave you sight is a sinner.| So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”
25 The man responded, |I don't know if he's a sinner or not. But I do know one thing. I used to be blind, but now I can see.| He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
26 The Jews asked him, |What did he do to you? How did he give you sight?| They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 The man replied, |I've already told you, but you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear the story again? Do you want to become his disciples too?| He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” He answered, “I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28 The Jews yelled at him, |You're his disciple, but we're Moses' disciples. And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!
29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don't know where this man came from.| We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”
30 The man replied to them, |That's amazing! You don't know where he's from. Yet, he gave me sight. The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
31 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners. Instead, he listens to people who are devout and who do what he wants. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
32 Since the beginning of time, no one has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a person born blind. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
33 If this man were not from God, he couldn't do anything like that.| If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34 The Jews answered him, |You were born full of sin. Do you think you can teach us?| Then they threw him out [of the synagogue]. They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out. To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.
35 Jesus heard that the Jews had thrown the man out [of the synagogue]. So when Jesus found the man, he asked him, |Do you believe in the Son of Man?| Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 The man replied, |Sir, tell me who he is so that I can believe in him.| He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”
37 Jesus told him, |You've seen him. He is the person who is now talking with you.| Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.” Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
38 The man bowed in front of Jesus and said, |I believe, Lord.| He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.
39 Then Jesus said, |I have come into this world to judge: Blind people will be given sight, and those who can see will become blind.| Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were with Jesus heard this. So they asked him, |Do you think we're blind?| Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”
41 Jesus told them, |If you were blind, you wouldn't be sinners. But now you say, 'We see,' so you continue to be sinners. Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains. Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.
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